WBA

English translation: Wide-body aircraft

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English term or phrase:WBA
Selected answer:Wide-body aircraft
Entered by: Taña Dalglish

06:24 Apr 8, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Aerospace / Aviation / Space
English term or phrase: WBA
This is a part of airport departure and arrival procedures:
What does "WBA" stand for?
Context:
Commencement of Boarding:
NBA -25mins / WBA -40mins to STD

Thank you!
Waleed Mohamed
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 03:18
WBA > Wide-body aircraft
Explanation:
WBA > Wide-body aircraft
NBA > Narrow-body aircaft

Frustrated with very early boarding of flights - Page 7 ...
www.flyertalk.com › ... › Airline Programs › American AAdvantage
11 Feb 2012 – Of the many times I flew out of LAX/SFO, pax never boarded early....always 40 minutes prior to scheduled departure (due to wide-body aircraft) ...
**45 Minute Boarding Time for Narrow-Body Aircraft on ...‎ - 15 posts - 3 Mar 2012**

And yes, "STD" is scheduled time of departure

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Note added at 13 mins (2012-04-08 06:38:29 GMT)
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Guidebook for conducting airport user surveys - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=0309118123...
David C. Biggs, National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, Airport Cooperative Research Program - 2009 - Social Science
given gate lounge are generally waiting for the next flight to depart from that gate, ... will generally begin about an hour before the scheduled flight departure time and ... In the case of flights using wide-body aircraft, passengers will often begin ... However, boarding often begins as much as 40 minutes before flight departure.

[PDF]
Operational Safety Instruction
www.boeing.com/commercial/noise/LHR11_OSI_03_11.pdf
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
40 minutes before the scheduled time of departure (STD) for Narrow Body. Aircraft. • 75 minutes before the scheduled time of departure (STD) for Wide Body ...

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Note added at 26 mins (2012-04-08 06:51:28 GMT)
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Thank you so much.
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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 18:18
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
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3 +6WBA > Wide-body aircraft
Taña Dalglish


  

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wba
WBA > Wide-body aircraft


Explanation:
WBA > Wide-body aircraft
NBA > Narrow-body aircaft

Frustrated with very early boarding of flights - Page 7 ...
www.flyertalk.com › ... › Airline Programs › American AAdvantage
11 Feb 2012 – Of the many times I flew out of LAX/SFO, pax never boarded early....always 40 minutes prior to scheduled departure (due to wide-body aircraft) ...
**45 Minute Boarding Time for Narrow-Body Aircraft on ...‎ - 15 posts - 3 Mar 2012**

And yes, "STD" is scheduled time of departure

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Note added at 13 mins (2012-04-08 06:38:29 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Guidebook for conducting airport user surveys - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=0309118123...
David C. Biggs, National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, Airport Cooperative Research Program - 2009 - Social Science
given gate lounge are generally waiting for the next flight to depart from that gate, ... will generally begin about an hour before the scheduled flight departure time and ... In the case of flights using wide-body aircraft, passengers will often begin ... However, boarding often begins as much as 40 minutes before flight departure.

[PDF]
Operational Safety Instruction
www.boeing.com/commercial/noise/LHR11_OSI_03_11.pdf
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
40 minutes before the scheduled time of departure (STD) for Narrow Body. Aircraft. • 75 minutes before the scheduled time of departure (STD) for Wide Body ...

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Note added at 26 mins (2012-04-08 06:51:28 GMT)
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Thank you so much.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 18:18
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
Notes to answerer
Asker: You are a great researcher :)


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